Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-15
DAILY HERALD.
OUR PROGRESS.
m seen by an Awakened sam
Franciscan.

Franciscan.
The San Francisco Report, a lively
and widely circulated evening paper
recently sent reporter to this section
10 rpv out our "boom." He did so,
and in the issue of the 9th he gives
ffe result of his trip in a four-column
descriptive and laudatory estate, from
which we make the following extracts
The city of Los Angeles is the focal
mint Of several systems OF railroads,
md NAV be aptly termed the Chicago
e California. The mandnd of the
nn1ive Californians who formerly
Animated this region has given way
q the to-day Of dashing and deter
mined Americans. The sight Of such
= city stirs up the latent patriotism OF
: citizen Of the United States and
makes him justly proud of his eorln-
frymen. Deserted streets and decay
ing mills are silent monitors in the
odd mining camps of California ana
constantly warn a mercurial people
aQninst foolish and extravagant ex-
elements. Remembering, and too
often. alas, for cause, the sad fate OF
camps that once promised to flourish
forever. the resident of central or
upper California naturally inclines to
stepticism in regard to the future Of
rpa1fhern California. He is constantly
asking himself if it is not about time
to short the boom. He cannot dis
miss the idea that the development OF
the country is, in a sense at least,
similar to mining discovery. A
l>sting and living bonanza is beyond
his mental grasp. For two years ne
has been awaiting the borasca that
has failed to appear. The situation Is
growing serious-foI him. In the
light OF to-day his predictions OF two
wears ago make him appear foolish:
Long before this time the bottom OF
the southern country should have
dropped out. Instead of dropping 1t
is apparently
MORE FIRMLY FIXED THAN EVER.
The lumber landed at San Pedro,
the port of Los Angeles, during the
mast two months amounted to 25,0OO,-
600 feet. People who think the south
ern boom a paper affair, or who hav-
ing failed to get in at low figures, affect
such belief, should stick pin in
this statement. The southern Cali
fornia boom and the mining booms
are as far apart as the poles and alb
soIuteIy have nothing in common
with each other. There is no artificial
excitement in the development OF
southern California. Brass bands
and barbecues are among the attrac-
tions of auction sales. But what OF
that! Never mind the bands and
barbecues. Think of the 10000, 900
feet of lumber that has been landed
II San Pedro inside of two months
and the refusal OF orders by several
lumber firms! For it is a fact that
the demand for lumber at Los
Angeles, Garvanzo and Pasadena
actually exceeds the present supply.
Is there any secret in the success OF
southern California? | think there
is, and have found it. may not be
the original finder. | do know, how
ever, that it is the first time | have
found it. The greatest secret OF South
ern California success is intelligence.
The boom has brain basis. Climate
is only one factor in the problem OF
development, and the Southern Cali
fornians know it. They realize that
sanitarv value alone will not insure
permanent prosperity. The country
that holds its own must have many
attractions. Hence the Southern Cal
ifornian is for local improvements first,
last and all the time. No dollar-limit
for him. Compare the Los Angeles
of to-day with the Los Angeles of a
few years ago. Then the city was a
drowsy pueblo. Now handsome and
attractive residences cover miles of
ground that was then rough and re-
pulsive mesa. Outside and inside
these new homes show
CULTURE AND REFINEMENT
And the same regard for the niceties
If civilization is evidenced in the ar
rangement of the streets. Now and
then good taste gets rude shock, as
in the case of the paintings in the Ma
deau House, which were evidently
bought by the yard, but generally
speaking there is nothing garrish IL
Los Angeles sociol life, and the fastid
ious tourist in search OF faults finds
little to cavil at. Householder
are constantly planning improve
ments, as individuals and col
lectively, and, considering the con
fusion Incidental to changes, the neat
ness of the city is astonishing. Hand
some and varied as are the houses o
the city, and it is essentially a city o
homes. The upper California OF
practical turn finds in the business
hustle its chief charm. Imust confes
to surprise in this regard. ! was pre-
pared for a large volume of business
Iknew by private and public repor
that the quantity of business was yer.
large. What surprised me was TIN
quality. saw evidences of substan
tiol business blocks that were bull
with view to. permanence, AM
busy occupants of these blocks, to sa,
nothing Of passenger and freight train
in bewildering variety and extent
and yet it seems but yesterday tina
the swarthy caballeros, in suspedero
fapadero, beaded sombrero and jim
Cling spurs, loped into the city
tied their bronchos to the hitchin
post in front of saloon, and, gath
ering about dingy bar, gave tn
community its only commercial tone
The soft syllables of the Spanish Ian
guage are occasionally heard, and tn
senorita who sits her horse like a
Indian princess is a fairly familia
sight on the streets. Soundly judged
however, Los Angeles is no longer
typical city of California, but s,i ge,
eris. The
ARTISTIC HOUSES
Surpass the architectural efforts
Sacramento and equal those of Oal
land, and in all San Francisco there
no house comparable with the res
dence Of L. L. Bradbury, on Los A
geles Heights. Will Los Angel
continue to grow? The 25,00C
no0 f.o4 81 lumbar lnndod